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president obama is not sure that president obama would be willing to do this and given the relationship with putin and the russians and that he needed to do it to take the pressure off of president trump to do it. that's why i said earlier, i think president-elect trump should be grateful that president obama -- i wish that president obama would have done this earlier. i would have liked him to do it prior to the election. i know he felt like he was playing politics with it. but, he made that call, i respect that call. i respect the motivation for that decision. but, it was a appropriate that he do it now right before president-elect trump takes office so that again, it can be kind of a bad cop and good cop situation and president obama mayed t played the bad cop and president-elect trump can see what the benefits of the country he can go with the country. >> i want to turn to peter alexander now is joining us from the state department. what are you hearing fromour po there? >> jacob, live in your washington, d.c. burreau right now. all communicating together to the country what these n
president obama is not sure that president obama would be willing to do this and given the relationship with putin and the russians and that he needed to do it to take the pressure off of president trump to do it. that's why i said earlier, i think president-elect trump should be grateful that president obama -- i wish that president obama would have done this earlier. i would have liked him to do it prior to the election. i know he felt like he was playing politics with it. but, he made that...
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for the obama administration. >> did obama in some way kind of paint trump in a corner here, bob, with this -- with these decisions that he has made? >> i think so. but, i mean, obama is still the president. you can only have one president at a time and he's going to be president until trump is sworn in on the 20th. and a lot of democrats and editorial boards, including the "new york times" have said obama should have acted quicker while praising the actions. democrats definitely think that obama could have been and should have been tougher during the campaign on russia than he was. >> francessca, do you think there were political motivations behind this, that obama was looking to perhaps push trump's hand in the early days of his administration? >> well, again, it's clear that these are not actions that donald trump would have necessarily taken. if he were president. and once he becomes president, he said that he doesn't think that the russians necessarily did do the hacking. and so obama is trying to push him in that direction. and, again, take these actions that officials are saying
for the obama administration. >> did obama in some way kind of paint trump in a corner here, bob, with this -- with these decisions that he has made? >> i think so. but, i mean, obama is still the president. you can only have one president at a time and he's going to be president until trump is sworn in on the 20th. and a lot of democrats and editorial boards, including the "new york times" have said obama should have acted quicker while praising the actions. democrats...
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president obama didn't. in this debate president obama had a strategy. you could see all throughout the debate. >> president obama i thought strategically had a good debate. >> at the top of the hour we're also watching this. any minute the kickoff of a post-debate campaign event. paul ryan will be stumping in ohio with condoleezza rice. we'll go live in that warrants. but now to ed shultz host of "the ed show." we were talking about after the last presidential debate. did he bring the fire he demanded? you were upset the last one. >> i don't think the president left too much on the table last night. it's hard to win in 90 minutes. that's president came damn close. in the midst of all that in the president' performance, mitt romney created two new problems for himself on women and immigration. the problem with women has nothing to do with contraception it's now how they're viewed in the workplace. they're out there talking about what he really thought of lilly ledbetter. he wasn't for it, but now he's not going to repeal it. last night when he had a chan
president obama didn't. in this debate president obama had a strategy. you could see all throughout the debate. >> president obama i thought strategically had a good debate. >> at the top of the hour we're also watching this. any minute the kickoff of a post-debate campaign event. paul ryan will be stumping in ohio with condoleezza rice. we'll go live in that warrants. but now to ed shultz host of "the ed show." we were talking about after the last presidential debate. did...
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obama leading romney 78 to 17% in nevada. and in florida, obama leads romney 61 to 31%. romney has had a problem connecting with hispanics for months, and in just the past few days, began a new push to try to win them over. joining me now is steven nuno. thank you for being here. >> thanks for having me. >> these numbers look horrible for mitt romney. you know, comments that his dad was mexican, he'd be doing better. is there hope for him in the latino voting community? >> no. but the reason he needs to switch his position on immigration is he needs to convince more moderate voters. you know, romney 2.0 is about connecting with moderate voters, and that's the majority of americans who believe there should be a pathway to citizenship and a humane approach to immigration. >> he says he wouldn't row evacuate president obama's plan that's been granting temporary visas for young, undocumented workers. is that progress enough? >> not really. there's two words that latinos should pay attention to when they're talking to mitt romney. that is kris kobach. and kris kobach is the a
obama leading romney 78 to 17% in nevada. and in florida, obama leads romney 61 to 31%. romney has had a problem connecting with hispanics for months, and in just the past few days, began a new push to try to win them over. joining me now is steven nuno. thank you for being here. >> thanks for having me. >> these numbers look horrible for mitt romney. you know, comments that his dad was mexican, he'd be doing better. is there hope for him in the latino voting community? >> no....
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i, barack hussein obama do solemnly swear -- >> i, barack hussein obama, do s solemnly swear -- >> to execute the office of the president of the united states -- >> to execute the office of the president of the united states -- >> will protect and preserve and defend the constitution of the united states. >> will protect and preserve the constitution of the united states. >> so help me god. >> so help me god. >> thank you, mr. chief justice. >>> we have team coverage of the 57th presidential inauguration, and luke russert is with us on the washington mall, but we start with peter alexander on the north lawn of the white house this afternoon. pete, we know that the first family attended the historic metropolitan church this morning, and what are they up to right now? >> well, they get some quiet time together as a family which compared to the hundreds of thousands of people now converging on the capitol ahead of tomorrow's public swearing in and the presidential address, the inaugural address to take place, we believe they are here at the white house right now. we have a good look at s
i, barack hussein obama do solemnly swear -- >> i, barack hussein obama, do s solemnly swear -- >> to execute the office of the president of the united states -- >> to execute the office of the president of the united states -- >> will protect and preserve and defend the constitution of the united states. >> will protect and preserve the constitution of the united states. >> so help me god. >> so help me god. >> thank you, mr. chief justice....
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the next four years, if president obama is president obama again, what does the next four years look like in terms of his legislative priorities? >> the next four years is continuing on the path to growing this economy from the middle class out, investing in infrastructure, education, energy, implementing obamacare. there are many aspects left to be implemented so that all americans can fully realize the promise that was built by obamacare. so we are very excited about the next four years should president obama win, and we believe he will. >> thanks so much. appreciate your time on this sunday afternoon. >> thank you so much for having me. >>> everyone remembers the slogan "we like ike," but what does the former military general have in common with president obama? and what can mitt romney learn from him? the man who wrote the book on ike joining us up next. >>> plus, get aggressive or play defense? >> are you ready? >> i'm looking forward to the debates. i'll put it that way. >> we will break down debate strategy with our sunday brain trusts. well, i had all the classic symptoms...
the next four years, if president obama is president obama again, what does the next four years look like in terms of his legislative priorities? >> the next four years is continuing on the path to growing this economy from the middle class out, investing in infrastructure, education, energy, implementing obamacare. there are many aspects left to be implemented so that all americans can fully realize the promise that was built by obamacare. so we are very excited about the next four years...
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and out west in nevada, obama, 49%, romney, 47%. but while the president holds the overall edge, voters seem less sure as to which candidate would do a better job fixing the economy. in new hampshire, 49% believe that the president would do a better job than mitt romney. 46% believe that mitt romney would do a better job. in north carolina, 47% think that mitt romney's the man to fix the economy, slightly ahead of president obama there who's at 46%. and back out to nevada, 46% think that mitt romney will do a better job, and 47% in nevada think the president can better handle the problems in the economy. that's a question of particular interest in nevada, with of course the housing crisis being at its worst there and unemployment also being above the national average. so does mitt romney have time to make up the difference when it comes to the horse race? here's what nate silver, "the new york times" numbers guru and keeper of the famous 538 blog told nbc's david gregory for the press pass. >> you haven't it now, and that was damagi
and out west in nevada, obama, 49%, romney, 47%. but while the president holds the overall edge, voters seem less sure as to which candidate would do a better job fixing the economy. in new hampshire, 49% believe that the president would do a better job than mitt romney. 46% believe that mitt romney would do a better job. in north carolina, 47% think that mitt romney's the man to fix the economy, slightly ahead of president obama there who's at 46%. and back out to nevada, 46% think that mitt...
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you have president obama who provided warnings. you have people inside the trump campaign and the future administration that warned about this. and yet none of them, none of those cautions were taken on by president trump. and yet this morning he's trying to put blame on president obama who actually fired general flynn. so it doesn't matter where the warning came from, president trump didn't seem to want to hear it. >> greg, as you reported over the weekend, top transition officials were so alarmed that flynn didn't understand the russian ambassador's motives. they asked top obama administration officials for the cia's profile on ambassador kislyak. you do wonder what answers they were looking for, and didn't they already have some suggestion about this given what we're learning? >> i think these were officials part of the initial trump transition team. they were trying to make michael flynn snap out of it. he was talking about meetings with the russian ambassador. these are people sitting around the table with him saying, seriousl
you have president obama who provided warnings. you have people inside the trump campaign and the future administration that warned about this. and yet none of them, none of those cautions were taken on by president trump. and yet this morning he's trying to put blame on president obama who actually fired general flynn. so it doesn't matter where the warning came from, president trump didn't seem to want to hear it. >> greg, as you reported over the weekend, top transition officials were...
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president obama's five-point lead last month, it's gone. in nevada president obama holds a three-point lead versus two points last month. we want to dig deeper into the numbers with nevada political journalist john rolston, host of "rolston reports" our nbc affiliate in las vegas, and the author of the rolston report website and joining us is washington sherry, from "the washington post." key in nevada are polls showing president obama with this lead among the state's large hispanic population, chuck todd reports even republicans feel nevada is so well organized on the democratic side of things it's really going to be hard to overcome the advantage. so, what are you hearing on the ground? >> well, on the ground, thomas, the democrats are absolutely crushing the republicans in early voting. where i'm sitting right now, clark county in the las vegas area nearly 200,000 people have already voted, might have been a third of the total vote has already been cast and the democrats have about a 36,000-vote lead in ballots returned if you're assumin
president obama's five-point lead last month, it's gone. in nevada president obama holds a three-point lead versus two points last month. we want to dig deeper into the numbers with nevada political journalist john rolston, host of "rolston reports" our nbc affiliate in las vegas, and the author of the rolston report website and joining us is washington sherry, from "the washington post." key in nevada are polls showing president obama with this lead among the state's large...
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mitt romney attacked obama's decision... said standing up to china was "bad for the nation and our workers." how can mitt romney take on the cheaters... when he's taking their side? open enrollment is here. the time to choose your medicare coverage begins october 15th and ends december 7th. so call to enroll in a plan that could give you the benefits and stability you're looking for, an aarp medicarecomplete plan insured through unitedhealthcare. what makes it complete? it can combines medicare parts a and b, which is your hospital and doctor coverage with part d prescription drug coverage, and more, all in one simple plan starting at a zero dollar monthly premium -- no more than what you already pay for medicare part b. an aarp medicarecomplete plan offers you benefits like an annual physical, preventive screenings and immunizations for a $0 copay. you'll also have the flexibility to change doctors from a network of providers dedicated to helping you stay healthy. there's more. when you enroll in an aarp medicarecomplete pl
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romney attacks the president obama's handling of the economy and jobs and president obama claims credit for reviving the economy and creating these new jobs. is the economy the safest bet for mitt romney to go after for his campaign? he should stick to what he knows? >> he should absolutely stick to the economy. the economy is the main issue for the selection. unless god forbid something bad happen this is in the national security front, it will be the economy. and with unemployment above 8% for three years now, the gdp numbers being awful for this last report coming out last week, mitt romney has to keep going out and they're saying i've been successful in the public and private section tore, this president has not been successful as president 38 back to the auto industry. it's 180,000 jobs later than in 2008. overwhelming majority of those jobs lost were nonunion workers. if you look at the basis of what actually happened with auto bailout, it was really just a deal that he had between the president and uaw. >> but it's thriving. you have to admit that it is thrive williing and this i
romney attacks the president obama's handling of the economy and jobs and president obama claims credit for reviving the economy and creating these new jobs. is the economy the safest bet for mitt romney to go after for his campaign? he should stick to what he knows? >> he should absolutely stick to the economy. the economy is the main issue for the selection. unless god forbid something bad happen this is in the national security front, it will be the economy. and with unemployment above...
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but i have no earthly idea what she'll decide to do. >> president obama, president obama back in washington today after a pair of campaign events in wisconsin, saturday, at a fundraiser, the president criticizing mitt romney for describing 47% of americans as victims this morning on nbc's "meet the press," senator kelly ayotte, republican from new hampshire, pushed back. >> that certainly was a political analysis at a fundraiser, but it's not a governing philosophy. he absolutely has a vision for 100% of america. and that's very different from this president. >> more on all of these stories in our next two hours. sunday afternoon here we are, no one probably happier to see a new week begin than mitt romney. he's got a targeted itinerary of campaign sweeps, speeches and swing states this coming week, nbc campaign embed, derrick hick in los angeles with the candidate, about to board a plane for colorado so he's joining us by phone. garrett, i understand mr. rot romney spent the earlier part of the day in debate prep. what can you tell us about that? >> that's correct. governor romney's arrive
but i have no earthly idea what she'll decide to do. >> president obama, president obama back in washington today after a pair of campaign events in wisconsin, saturday, at a fundraiser, the president criticizing mitt romney for describing 47% of americans as victims this morning on nbc's "meet the press," senator kelly ayotte, republican from new hampshire, pushed back. >> that certainly was a political analysis at a fundraiser, but it's not a governing philosophy. he...
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a spokesperson for former president obama says, quote, cardinal rule for the obama administration was that no white house official ever interfered with any independent investigation led by the justice department. joining me now, ken delaney. i know you have new reporting against the allegations. what you can tell us? >> that's right. justice department correspondent pete williams has spoken to a senior administration official who tells us that he andthers who are in a position to know have no idea what the president is talking about with his allegations that his communications at trump tower were wiretapped by president trump. and further, this official says that the president trump did not consult with law enforcement officials or others who might have known the facts before he engaged in that tweet storm on this this morning. the reason that is important, becauseis wong dering the president said he learned this information. was he communicating to us that he had just been briefed on a highly classified -- >> do you think that's what it is? is it possible maybe something landed on hi
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can obama serve that role? i'm not really sure, however there is no question that in his speeches he is saying, hey, we need to do something. this is a moment. this is why i'm coming forward. this is why i'm talking about trump. this is a pivotal moment that we got to do something and if we don't, then we're not going to have the same kind of accountability that we need if we don't take control of the house. that is democrats' message. >> and chris, the current president, president trump is good at this stuff, the media wars, the back and forth. can he win this one out? >> he's good at this stuff. but the re-emergence of obama is a reminder that most presidents learn the hard way and that there is a difference between campaigning and governing and when you campaign you divide and disrupt and then you get things done. i think voters in the midterms will ask what is he really got done other than a stock market booming which affects mostly the wealthy and they're getting hurt with health care. so i think that trum
can obama serve that role? i'm not really sure, however there is no question that in his speeches he is saying, hey, we need to do something. this is a moment. this is why i'm coming forward. this is why i'm talking about trump. this is a pivotal moment that we got to do something and if we don't, then we're not going to have the same kind of accountability that we need if we don't take control of the house. that is democrats' message. >> and chris, the current president, president trump...
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the obama strategy is to open all of these field offices. they view it as talking neighbor to neighbor, doing lots of door knocking. they have phone apps. you can dial up who's not been contacted in your area, go out and knock on the door. do it on a very personal level. the republicans are targeting their message for each region of ohio. for instance, the southeast ohio they're really hammering the coal issue. also cultural issues because there are a lot of democrats in southeastern ohio but not many liberal democrats. >> you also say that because of regionality of ohio, 96 field offices, three times the number that romney has, does that mean he can be more segmented in his messaging? >> it does. in some ways that's a little misleading because the romney people are using republican hea headquarters. they have these little offices in a box. they set up instant phone banks, what have you. they're very mobile. they can get around the state. it's two competing things. i guess we'll see on november 7th which is better. >> right. you know ohio se
the obama strategy is to open all of these field offices. they view it as talking neighbor to neighbor, doing lots of door knocking. they have phone apps. you can dial up who's not been contacted in your area, go out and knock on the door. do it on a very personal level. the republicans are targeting their message for each region of ohio. for instance, the southeast ohio they're really hammering the coal issue. also cultural issues because there are a lot of democrats in southeastern ohio but...
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>> i think that was just obama being obama. none of us are perfect and we all have a sense of ourselves and he has a sense of himself. and it was david axelrod asking the question, so it was his friend. that's when he should have been on guard for and just passed on that. that would have been the smarter thing to do. >> your take, rick? >> that's right, when you're talking to friends, you tend to let your guard down. but barack obama might have won if he had focused on those three states, michigan, wisconsin, and pennsylvania. hillary clinton playing barack obama wasn't going to win. >> very quickly, i want to talk about this poll. there's a new poll out from pew research that shows that president obama will end his presidency really on a high note. 45% of people surveyed say he will be remembered as an outstanding or above-average president. you think those numbers, howard, are going to help the democratic party going forward at all? >> yeah, i think they will. i think the biggest help to the democrats going forward is trump i
>> i think that was just obama being obama. none of us are perfect and we all have a sense of ourselves and he has a sense of himself. and it was david axelrod asking the question, so it was his friend. that's when he should have been on guard for and just passed on that. that would have been the smarter thing to do. >> your take, rick? >> that's right, when you're talking to friends, you tend to let your guard down. but barack obama might have won if he had focused on those...
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they're for president obama. they have a pretty upbeat attitude about what's going to happen next, especially if president obama wins a second term. but then we have two republican-leaning groups, a big one is called the thriving. this is our youngest group, highest educated, highest income. these people are very confident that things are getting better and are going to get better for them. and they are by a big margin going for mitt romney for president. their big concern, the federal deficit and the debt. the last group, this is a group we called the downbeats. they're core republicans, most of them very conservative, churchgoing group, almost entirely white. they think the country's gone way off the tracks and the only way it gets fixed is if mitt romney gets elected in november, by 80% of them say they'll vote for him in november. >> as we talk about the issue of mitt romney and the president going after his time at bain capital and where it falls into the election itself as being categorized as the best reas
they're for president obama. they have a pretty upbeat attitude about what's going to happen next, especially if president obama wins a second term. but then we have two republican-leaning groups, a big one is called the thriving. this is our youngest group, highest educated, highest income. these people are very confident that things are getting better and are going to get better for them. and they are by a big margin going for mitt romney for president. their big concern, the federal deficit...
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oh, except president obama. and i'll finally designate china has the currency manipulator in getting trade to work for america. now, third, i'm going to send to congress the retraining format to make sure every worker who feels left behind in this economy can get the chance for a good paying job. and fourth, i'll move to tackle out of control spending. i will -- i'll send congress the first of several fundamental reforms. this person will be called the down payment on fiscal sandy act to immediately cut not just slow the rate of growth, but cut nonsecurity discretionary spending by 5%. and by the way, i'm not going to just take office on january 20th. i'm going to take responsibility for that office, as well. >> we are watching mitt romney as he talk toes people that have shown up for a campaign event there in west alice, wisconsin, wisconsin being the home state of his running mate, paul ryan. and said earlier that the best choice he has made next to ann romney, is picking paul ryan as his running mate. that cr
oh, except president obama. and i'll finally designate china has the currency manipulator in getting trade to work for america. now, third, i'm going to send to congress the retraining format to make sure every worker who feels left behind in this economy can get the chance for a good paying job. and fourth, i'll move to tackle out of control spending. i will -- i'll send congress the first of several fundamental reforms. this person will be called the down payment on fiscal sandy act to...
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obama fear driving social conservatives. conservatives who aren't necessarily enthusiastic about mitt romney but have banded together because they really can't stand the. president is that a good enough strategy to win an election, nia-malika? >> no, it's not a good enough strategy. again, you haven't seen romney be able to grow his base of support beyond those social conservatives, fiscal conservatives, southern republicans. you haven't seen him be able to expand to states like ohio, to states like virginia, to african-americans, to latinos. you'll see him out in los angeles talking to latinos today, but it hasn't been a consistent strategy, and that's why you see these huge gaps among latinos, among women. that's where this election is going to be won or lost. this idea that all of the sudden an social conservative is very ramped up, well, they were probably going to vote for romney anyway. i just don't think this it idea that their fear and hatred, really, of this president is going to be enough to really carry mitt romne
obama fear driving social conservatives. conservatives who aren't necessarily enthusiastic about mitt romney but have banded together because they really can't stand the. president is that a good enough strategy to win an election, nia-malika? >> no, it's not a good enough strategy. again, you haven't seen romney be able to grow his base of support beyond those social conservatives, fiscal conservatives, southern republicans. you haven't seen him be able to expand to states like ohio, to...
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repealing obama care? as the congressman -- the senator just said, they have tried this now 34 times already. it isn't going to happen. if you're going to get serious -- and by the way, paul ryan's budget foresees the repeal of obama care but somehow magically maintains the $700 billion in savings of obama care, which is a neat trick here. really the republicans are not a legitimate negotiating partner. >> as we talk about what speaker boehner has said to "roll call" he said that there's no doubt as a party we need to do a better job of communicating and engaging with the american people. it seems like they lost this messaging war back in the election in november. how are they changing their tune now to get people on their side? >> they're not changing it that much because they're not in a position to have a large megaphone. i would argue they have been losing the messaging war since before november, when house speaker john boehner really started to lose control over his caucus and that's really the hard p
repealing obama care? as the congressman -- the senator just said, they have tried this now 34 times already. it isn't going to happen. if you're going to get serious -- and by the way, paul ryan's budget foresees the repeal of obama care but somehow magically maintains the $700 billion in savings of obama care, which is a neat trick here. really the republicans are not a legitimate negotiating partner. >> as we talk about what speaker boehner has said to "roll call" he said...
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>> i think you'll see michelle obama, you'll see president obama tonight, joe biden this afternoon. look, they are all in in a way that is profoundly important to this clinton campaign. we know how hillary clinton has struggled as a retail politician. this is new hampshire. this is new hampshire where hillary lost to bernie sanders in big double digits. she said, you have to vote. don't stay home, or staying at home is a vote for that other candidate. she just took him down today in every possible way. hallie? >> andrea mitchell, thank you so much. we appreciate you reacting to that speech we saw just within the last 40 minutes or so here on msnbc. michelle obama, as we're talking about delivering what andrea called a significantly signature moment for her and for hillary clinton as democrats go after his comments about women, his past comments about women, all of it, as we are waiting right now for what's being billed by donald trump himself as a major speech in west palm beach. he's said to be here in cincinnati, where we are, at the arena behind me, later on tonight. we're hearin
>> i think you'll see michelle obama, you'll see president obama tonight, joe biden this afternoon. look, they are all in in a way that is profoundly important to this clinton campaign. we know how hillary clinton has struggled as a retail politician. this is new hampshire. this is new hampshire where hillary lost to bernie sanders in big double digits. she said, you have to vote. don't stay home, or staying at home is a vote for that other candidate. she just took him down today in every...
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when you have an obama campaign, obama told us four years ago, when you can't talk about your record you have to play games like this. he can't talk about their record and we will be happy to. that's their campaign and it's sad and pathetic and delusional. >> before you go, i want to ask you about the latest rumors surrounding condoleezza rice for romney's vp pick. house majority leader eric cantor gave what sounded like a pretty resounding endorsement last night. >> i'm a big fan of condi rice. she bring -- i think there's a lot of people that are qualified. certainly she would be qualified. >> is she a top candidate? >> here's the great thing, on the republican p side as opposed to the democrats, we have so many great, talent republicans out there. i'm not privy to the vp pick and no one is aside from mitt romney. when you look at marco rubio, paul ryan, rob portman, we have a great talent pool. and, you know, that's why, again, they don't want to talk about the future, we're happy to talk about the future. >> you're not even answering the condi rice question, are you, barbara? >>
when you have an obama campaign, obama told us four years ago, when you can't talk about your record you have to play games like this. he can't talk about their record and we will be happy to. that's their campaign and it's sad and pathetic and delusional. >> before you go, i want to ask you about the latest rumors surrounding condoleezza rice for romney's vp pick. house majority leader eric cantor gave what sounded like a pretty resounding endorsement last night. >> i'm a big fan...
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now president obama has responded. in a statement released by his spokesman, "a cardinal rule of the obama administration is no white house official ever interfered well any independent investigation led by the department of justice." as part of that practice, it neither president obama nor any white house official ever ordered surveillance on any u.s. citizen. any suggestion otherwise is simply false. nbc's intelligence and national security reporter ken delanie, and nbc senior political editor beth fooley. thank you both for joining us today. appreciate it. ken, let's start with you. >> i was wondering to myself was president trump briefed on surveillance at trump tower? is that what he is trying to say? all reporting today is that's not the case. we can't rule it out completely. as you mentioned, a senior u.s. official has cautioned us against this -- against what trump charged. the way that he articulated this charge is just not how it works. we just don't know if that's happening here. it seems like it would be pr
now president obama has responded. in a statement released by his spokesman, "a cardinal rule of the obama administration is no white house official ever interfered well any independent investigation led by the department of justice." as part of that practice, it neither president obama nor any white house official ever ordered surveillance on any u.s. citizen. any suggestion otherwise is simply false. nbc's intelligence and national security reporter ken delanie, and nbc senior...
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they lost the obama care fight. they lost at the ballot box, in congress, in the supreme court and at the ballot box again. if they can't move on and come up with a positive agenda, they're not going to get very far. >> quickly to viviana. >> this ad is all kinds of wrong. i think what's really sad about this for the gop is that there really are some great ideas in the gop about how to make the health care, the affordable health care act better. for example, allow competition between states. consumers to buy, for example, from california in rhode island, to make it cheaper, to make it better for consumers. you're not hearing those smart ideas. you're just getting stuck in this kinds of a distraction of an ad that is incredibly offensive not just to women but really it should be to all americans. >> james, any upside to this? >> there's no upside to these kinds of ads. we just need to remind republicans, remind the american people that essentially the affordable care act already has what viviana was talking about alr
they lost the obama care fight. they lost at the ballot box, in congress, in the supreme court and at the ballot box again. if they can't move on and come up with a positive agenda, they're not going to get very far. >> quickly to viviana. >> this ad is all kinds of wrong. i think what's really sad about this for the gop is that there really are some great ideas in the gop about how to make the health care, the affordable health care act better. for example, allow competition...
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and both president obama and tt romney will address the gathering tuesday. jennifer, this is going to present an opportunity for the candidates to perhaps talk about some issues that they might not get to discuss on the campaign trail. who has the advantage here? >> well, i think that it depends how they use that time. they can use that to talk about their own foreign policy or use it to critique the other guy's foreign policy, and it is a good setting for both of them. in particular, i think that the president with the evolving story on libya has some real foreign policy problems and he may want to address and defend his own middle eastern policies and may want to use that time. >> ann, if you were addressing governor romney, what would you tell him to use that time for? >> he needs to use that time to tell the american public where he stands on the issues. so far he has been vague. and on afghanistan we know he agrees with the president's time line for withdrawal of 2014 and he says he would not have addressed it publicly, but beyond that we don't know too
and both president obama and tt romney will address the gathering tuesday. jennifer, this is going to present an opportunity for the candidates to perhaps talk about some issues that they might not get to discuss on the campaign trail. who has the advantage here? >> well, i think that it depends how they use that time. they can use that to talk about their own foreign policy or use it to critique the other guy's foreign policy, and it is a good setting for both of them. in particular, i...
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i think they're gearing up to try to defeat obama in this campaign. this is not the obama campaign. that's a separate campaign. this is all about scott walker. it's all about what scott walker has done to workers. what he's done to seniors, to the students. everybody from kindergarten through graduate school in this state. technical college system. what he's done to women in terms of denying them health care. it's all about him. it's not about president obama. we will deal with obama and romney after we deal with scott walker. and he's going down tomorrow. >> gwen moore, thanks for your time today and that singing wasn't too bad. the voice is there. it's strong. >>> george zimmerman back behind bars. his attorney wants to explain the false financial statements. but will the judge let him? plus, searching the wreckage. at least 153 people killed after a plane crashes in nigeria, but officials fear that number could be rising. dude you don't understand, this is my dad's car. look at the car! my dad's gonna kill me dude... [ male announcer ] the security of a 2012 iihs top safety pick.
i think they're gearing up to try to defeat obama in this campaign. this is not the obama campaign. that's a separate campaign. this is all about scott walker. it's all about what scott walker has done to workers. what he's done to seniors, to the students. everybody from kindergarten through graduate school in this state. technical college system. what he's done to women in terms of denying them health care. it's all about him. it's not about president obama. we will deal with obama and romney...
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president obama was more like mitt romney. i think there was more preaching to the choir in those final night addresses by romney and obama than there was anything else. you have to do that too. you have to energize the base. i'll tell you again, what strikes me is how dug in people are this year. i don't think anything is going to change very much. this will be a close competitive contest, probably all the way to the end. >> they will be fighting it out all the way to the end. >> politics and foreign policy taking center stage during the final night of the democratic national convention. after a video narrated by tom hanks which highlighted the death of osama bin laden and the strength of the american military, a grouch veterans including some retired generals took the stage as the crowd said thank you. massachusetts senator and 2004 presidential candidate john kerry took the opportunity to skewer mitt romney. >> he was against a date on withdrawal, said it was right and then threat impression it was wrong to leave too soon.
president obama was more like mitt romney. i think there was more preaching to the choir in those final night addresses by romney and obama than there was anything else. you have to do that too. you have to energize the base. i'll tell you again, what strikes me is how dug in people are this year. i don't think anything is going to change very much. this will be a close competitive contest, probably all the way to the end. >> they will be fighting it out all the way to the end. >>...
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obama's remarks. obama said iran won't have nuclear weapons. the prime minister will clarify the way in which iran won't have nuclear arms. now, netanyahu is also expected, sir, to warn the time for diplomacy with tehran is not unlimited. where do you think that the white house can go from here especially when we would most americans would prefer to see all this handled on a diplomatic front? >> well, i think the president in his u.n. speech a couple days ago was very clear. we're not going to permit iran to get nuclear weapons. we're going to do it through continued very crippling sanctions with other nations, with europeans diplomatically, pursue negotiations although they're not working. i think recently the president announced a d listing of iranian opposition group which is very popular around the world and here in the u.s. i think the president's record is very strong and associating himself with a positive side of the arab spring but at the same time responding very tough against terrorism, al qaeda, decimated al qaeda, he got bin laden.
obama's remarks. obama said iran won't have nuclear weapons. the prime minister will clarify the way in which iran won't have nuclear arms. now, netanyahu is also expected, sir, to warn the time for diplomacy with tehran is not unlimited. where do you think that the white house can go from here especially when we would most americans would prefer to see all this handled on a diplomatic front? >> well, i think the president in his u.n. speech a couple days ago was very clear. we're not...
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so i think president obama is right. test this, see if the iranians are willing to make on paper and in negotiations the type of compromises that are necessary in order -- we need to see actions, not just words. >> ambassador ginsburg, for the ayatollah in a lot of ways, this is a win-win. if talks go well, they could see an easing of sanctions. if they don't go well, he can go back to railing against the united states. what are the potential risks and benefits for the united states? >> well, the risks obviously if iran continues its nuclear program and there's verification by outside agencies like the atomic energy agency that it's continuing to enrich sufficient uranium above the peaceful threshold, which is 20% and at the same time building a nuclear weapon or at least beginning to appear to be building a nuclear weapon, that's going to put the united states on a collision course with iran as well as israel. remember also the sanctions, the economic sanctions of the obama administration and the rest of the world has i
so i think president obama is right. test this, see if the iranians are willing to make on paper and in negotiations the type of compromises that are necessary in order -- we need to see actions, not just words. >> ambassador ginsburg, for the ayatollah in a lot of ways, this is a win-win. if talks go well, they could see an easing of sanctions. if they don't go well, he can go back to railing against the united states. what are the potential risks and benefits for the united states?...
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it was more about president obama. why not take that time to give and deliver a more deliberate romney endorsement. >> right. thomas, there's a bracket online about who is giving the most tepid endorsement for mitt romney. he's never had the heart and minds. there's no margin for him to go full on for mitt romney nor anyone who considers themselves part of the conservative movement. there's nothing in it for them to do it. they have to as faithful members of the party give them their nod but i don't think they want to show their live. >> tea party helped propel michele bachmann, could her endorsement help woo women to support ropz as well? >> i think it's one piece of the puzzle. as we're kind of really recovering from a very tough primary, having michele bachmann who won the iowa straw poll this summer, one of the many front-runners we had during this process, i think it helps the whole process healing. i think michele bachmann's endorsement is good for military today. >> when we talk about mitt romney referencing for
it was more about president obama. why not take that time to give and deliver a more deliberate romney endorsement. >> right. thomas, there's a bracket online about who is giving the most tepid endorsement for mitt romney. he's never had the heart and minds. there's no margin for him to go full on for mitt romney nor anyone who considers themselves part of the conservative movement. there's nothing in it for them to do it. they have to as faithful members of the party give them their nod...
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egypt be more long term worry for the obama administration? >> well, the biggest concern is that as egypt goes, so goes rest of the region. 70 million people and most powerful of the arab states. but also a bellwether as it was in the early days of the arab spring. i think the concern about both the way the president characterized egypt's role and the way egypt's regarded today is that it could become more like pakistan. in other words, an ally in name, but worrying about what they are allowing to fester within the country itself. and you have seen president morsi walk this extraordinarily careful line between not wanting to walk away from the united states or the aid package and so forth, but also he's the first representative of the muslim brotherhood ever to take power. and he's got a base he has to worry about. >> john mccain appeared on "morning joe" today. i want to play for everybody what he said about the spreading turmoil now that we see rioters in the streets. >> the united states in the middle e we are seen as withdrawing and we are
egypt be more long term worry for the obama administration? >> well, the biggest concern is that as egypt goes, so goes rest of the region. 70 million people and most powerful of the arab states. but also a bellwether as it was in the early days of the arab spring. i think the concern about both the way the president characterized egypt's role and the way egypt's regarded today is that it could become more like pakistan. in other words, an ally in name, but worrying about what they are...
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the obama coalition. if you look at the black vote in north carolina, the state where they were campaigning today, a state that mitt romney won only by about two points in 2012, the key of that race being so close in 2012, surprisingly close -- there it is. look at that. the turnout in north carolina in 2012. this was the first time in north carolina history the black turnout had actually exceeded the white turnout in north carolina. barack obama wasn't expected to come that close to mitt romney in the state. he nearly took north carolina fueled by that turnout. so, certainly, that's something democrats are looking to rep kalt now with hillary clinton at the top of the ticket in north carolina. 15 electoral votes in that state. that would be a big swing, if they could get it. the president, as we said, also going after donald trump, not necessarily by name. let's play more of what he had to say about the presumptive republican nominee. >> i don't know how you vote for the guy who's against a minimum wage,
the obama coalition. if you look at the black vote in north carolina, the state where they were campaigning today, a state that mitt romney won only by about two points in 2012, the key of that race being so close in 2012, surprisingly close -- there it is. look at that. the turnout in north carolina in 2012. this was the first time in north carolina history the black turnout had actually exceeded the white turnout in north carolina. barack obama wasn't expected to come that close to mitt...
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this will be a referendum on barack obama. just like hillary clinton and barack obama came together and the democrats were splitting each other in half four years ago, that's not been the case here in our party but you do come together and you do the things that you saw yesterday and what you just had on your show, i think you'll see that in the republican party. you'll see a totally unified front. republican, conservative, tea party, everyone in between, come together to help save this country and defeat barack obama. >> when you talk about the coalescing and people uniting, everybody behind mitt romney, let's talk about the candidate potentially for vice president, is that going to send a big signal to the voters? mike hu mike hucabee or sarah palin? >> i don't hear that, thomas, i think more and more you're going to see some of that go away. i think mostly when you do these contrasts between the candidates during the primary you get more of that. as people come together, you get less than that. as far as the vp sweep stakes
this will be a referendum on barack obama. just like hillary clinton and barack obama came together and the democrats were splitting each other in half four years ago, that's not been the case here in our party but you do come together and you do the things that you saw yesterday and what you just had on your show, i think you'll see that in the republican party. you'll see a totally unified front. republican, conservative, tea party, everyone in between, come together to help save this country...
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bush and president obama had more votes. he claimed 94 million americans are out of the labor force, a figure that included both seniors and teenagers. if you go back to before he was president. there was the birther moment. he repeatedly claimed president obama wasn't born in the u.s. also his claim and accusation that primary rival ted cruz's father was somehow involved in jfk's assassination. finally this fiction that trump was always opposed to the iraq invasion. there's absolutely no proof of that but there is proof he suspected supported it, at least a little, in 2002 in an interview with howard stern. to join me politico's eli stokele. sean spicer just had a briefing a moment ago. he was peppered with questions by the press about where exactly donald trump got this idea he was wiretapped. he said, well, it may have been fisa, it may have been surveillance. he also said there are a lot of reports out there that are asking these same questions. what reports? >> right. he said, or whatever. we need to know if it was surv
bush and president obama had more votes. he claimed 94 million americans are out of the labor force, a figure that included both seniors and teenagers. if you go back to before he was president. there was the birther moment. he repeatedly claimed president obama wasn't born in the u.s. also his claim and accusation that primary rival ted cruz's father was somehow involved in jfk's assassination. finally this fiction that trump was always opposed to the iraq invasion. there's absolutely no proof...
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president obama won it twice. but what do we expect to hear from the two of them as they finally share the stage as a team? sxwlink the main thing that we will see is as close an embrace as possible between them. this is a lot about the images that will come out of this. there should be no question in anybody's minds both are hoping that any of the divisions from 2008 are still there. barack obama wants to say i want hillary clinton to be the president. everybody look at me saying hillary clinton should be the president of the united states. i'm supporting her all the way. and even though that means bernie sanders may not have dropped out by then, probably will be pushing forward to the convention, president saying it's fine, stay in the race, but we're going forward and we're going against donald trump. i think we'll also see a lot of heavy action against donald trump. >> i think that's clear we likely will hear that there both elizabeth warren and joe biden, as well. julia, give me a sense about the whispers tha
president obama won it twice. but what do we expect to hear from the two of them as they finally share the stage as a team? sxwlink the main thing that we will see is as close an embrace as possible between them. this is a lot about the images that will come out of this. there should be no question in anybody's minds both are hoping that any of the divisions from 2008 are still there. barack obama wants to say i want hillary clinton to be the president. everybody look at me saying hillary...
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it is great that obama, that lawmakers are saying, see, he's giving us the vote. they have to now make a real big decision, what will they do? big vote. >> lynn sweet, we'll have to leave it there. thank you teufel our guests over the past two hours. thank you for watching. up next. "disrupt with karen finney." you. waiting to look younger? don't wait. [ female announcer ] get younger looking skin fast. with new olay regenerist micro-sculpting cream. the next generation with 2 new anti-aging ingredients. it penetrates rapidly. visible wrinkle results start day 1. and you'll see younger looking skin before you even finish one jar. ♪ new olay regenerist. the wait is over. >>> good afternoon. thank you for joining us. i'm karen finney. we just heard from president obama about the situation in syria and the question remains, are we going to war? >> ten days ago, the world watched in horror as men, women and children were massacred in syria. in the worst chemical weapons attack of the 21st century. over 1,000 people were murdered. young girls and boys, gassed to deat
it is great that obama, that lawmakers are saying, see, he's giving us the vote. they have to now make a real big decision, what will they do? big vote. >> lynn sweet, we'll have to leave it there. thank you teufel our guests over the past two hours. thank you for watching. up next. "disrupt with karen finney." you. waiting to look younger? don't wait. [ female announcer ] get younger looking skin fast. with new olay regenerist micro-sculpting cream. the next generation with 2...
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obama is doing as president. 46% disapproving. the poll taken over the three days following the debate. prior to the debate, 54% approving of the president's performance. 42% disapproving. how badly did the debate hurt the president, tom? >> i think we'll probably see it being temporarily, though we'll only know over time. people care a lot more about the great jobs report from friday. they care about what the plans mean for medicare. and as we've seen, mitt romney is paying a high price for one good night. he made up 27 myths in 38 minutes, now he's got a lot of explaining to do. whether it's on medicare, why he's charging current seniors $11,000 more out of pocket. why people of my generation would pay over $200,000 for medicare under his plan? or whether you see even newt gingrich meeting a higher honesty and integrity standard than mitt romney. so i think it's really creating more problems over time. for mitt romney. but -- >> 200,000 -- tom, let me stop you there. 200,000 figure, that's the first time i've heard that where di
obama is doing as president. 46% disapproving. the poll taken over the three days following the debate. prior to the debate, 54% approving of the president's performance. 42% disapproving. how badly did the debate hurt the president, tom? >> i think we'll probably see it being temporarily, though we'll only know over time. people care a lot more about the great jobs report from friday. they care about what the plans mean for medicare. and as we've seen, mitt romney is paying a high price...
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only 2% to support obama. the money that you're talking about, where that comes from, we've seen in texas which is made up of 20% of all of the outside spending. harold simmons has donated about 14 million or so to super pacs and bob perry, a home builder in texas, about 4 million, 5 million or so that he's contributed. >> so much money going into this. it's amazing when we think about it. it's not done yet. deputy political editor, domenico, thank you. you can keep tabs by downloading the nbc political app available on itunes. >>> there was talk about whether paul ryan was the right v.p. for romney. there's bound to be the resounding approval. why, you ask? three words, privatizing social security. steve moore is an editorial board member and senior economic writer for "the wall street journal." good to have you here. paul ryan has been an advocate investing somewhere around 50 to 80% of social security into stocks with the rest being in bonds. explain to everybody why he feels that would be such a good thing
only 2% to support obama. the money that you're talking about, where that comes from, we've seen in texas which is made up of 20% of all of the outside spending. harold simmons has donated about 14 million or so to super pacs and bob perry, a home builder in texas, about 4 million, 5 million or so that he's contributed. >> so much money going into this. it's amazing when we think about it. it's not done yet. deputy political editor, domenico, thank you. you can keep tabs by downloading...
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president obama championed wall street reform. pushed hard to make sure that it became a reality and signed it into law. that was in spite of the fact that there was tremendous pushback from wall street executives and, notably, there are a number last night and at other times during the campaign that have stepped up to support him because some of them understand that there needs to be a balance between consumer protection and helping businesses thrive. but at the end of the day, the president keeps consumers foremost in his mind and it's incredibly important that we make sure that our campaign is -- and that people know that our campaign is a people-powered campaign. our average contribution is $50. mitt romney's special interest fueled campaign is going to be continuing to be funded by massive corporate special interests and that's the difference. >> congresswoman, in your estimation, as we remember back to 2008 and the phrase "too big to fail," should too big to fail mean too big to exist in the first place in this country? >> y
president obama championed wall street reform. pushed hard to make sure that it became a reality and signed it into law. that was in spite of the fact that there was tremendous pushback from wall street executives and, notably, there are a number last night and at other times during the campaign that have stepped up to support him because some of them understand that there needs to be a balance between consumer protection and helping businesses thrive. but at the end of the day, the president...
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and the obama team has got to be saying this is great. this is going move romney further to the right and make it harder on his resources and give them more of a chance to make their case. so, this is a good scenario for the obama camp but it's also an opportunity for the conservatives to make sure that they get out of mitt romney what they want if he is going to be the nominee. >> a lot of pundits talking yesterday saying no matter ghaps iowa it makes sense for everyone to continue on, most people probably would continue on. however, now we're seeing the fact that here we are the day after it's narrowed down, eliminating rick perry and michele bachmann, not officially yet, but here we have this. so where would bachmann's weight go from here on out? >> it depends if she gets together with perry and gingrich. i think that this is a very poor showing by newt gingrich yesterday in iowa. i mean, newt gingrich has one of most, you know, spread out, most publicized names in all of american politics over the last 20 years and all he could do is
and the obama team has got to be saying this is great. this is going move romney further to the right and make it harder on his resources and give them more of a chance to make their case. so, this is a good scenario for the obama camp but it's also an opportunity for the conservatives to make sure that they get out of mitt romney what they want if he is going to be the nominee. >> a lot of pundits talking yesterday saying no matter ghaps iowa it makes sense for everyone to continue on,...
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and barack obama had just enough to get through. >> david maraniss, obama biographer, pulitzer prize winner. thank you so much for your time this afternoon. >> okay, craig, thank you. >>> one of the big challenges facing president obama right now, replacing some key members of his cabinet, including secretary of state hillary clinton. >>> plus, they came that. >> saw, they voted. don't underestimate the youth vote. had a bigger showing than a lot of us expected. and they have expectations as well. the youth of america coming up next. you're watching msnbc. >>> well, the youth vote was crucial for president obama's election victory. the president won the votes of 18 to 29-year-olds by a margin of 67% to 37%. so how will young voters wield their power? joining me heather smith, president of rock the vote, and matthew siegle, co-founder and president of our time, a group representing the interests of young americans. good afternoon to both of you. >> good afternoon. >> the youth vote was especially important in critical battleground states. this is according to a think tank here. ohio,
and barack obama had just enough to get through. >> david maraniss, obama biographer, pulitzer prize winner. thank you so much for your time this afternoon. >> okay, craig, thank you. >>> one of the big challenges facing president obama right now, replacing some key members of his cabinet, including secretary of state hillary clinton. >>> plus, they came that. >> saw, they voted. don't underestimate the youth vote. had a bigger showing than a lot of us...
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barack obama is a dynamic campaigner. showed that in 2008. but i think voters are beyond that right now. i think they're focus is about the economy. and who's going to get this country back on track. >> governor, as president obama gears up for this tough contest, he has a lower job approval rating than past presidents. higher though than only president clinton. is there enough time left for the president to turn this one around? >> absolutely. and the fact is that the president is working to create jobs. he's putting forth policies and programs and the republicans are saying no. and that's the real issue in this campaign. which of these two candidates can be believed. and i think even the republican base understands they can't belief mitt romney because changes his positions with the wind. and president obama i think has been focused and straightforward and honest with the people and he's working to create jobs and that's what's important. >> trey, romney's been fighting this image that he's just an out of touch kind of guy. this weekend, he
barack obama is a dynamic campaigner. showed that in 2008. but i think voters are beyond that right now. i think they're focus is about the economy. and who's going to get this country back on track. >> governor, as president obama gears up for this tough contest, he has a lower job approval rating than past presidents. higher though than only president clinton. is there enough time left for the president to turn this one around? >> absolutely. and the fact is that the president is...
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obama in 2008. he talked to my colleague chris jansing a short time ago about that bear hug. >> when he came in, he busted through my front door and said where's scott? from that moment on, it seemed like he was a long lost friend, and it was amazing. great connection. he came over, gave me a hug and that's when the bear hug happened. like i said, i was just so caught up in the moment, it was unbelievable. >>> and if you can't beat him, join him. president obama jumped on the birther bandwagon after meeting a hawaiian-born boy at a sports bar this weekend. >> are you born in hawaii? do you have a birth certificate? >> it was an interesting weekend on the campaign trail for the vice president as well. hanging with bikers at a diner in ohio. according to the campaign, the bikers were part of a group called the shadow men. the associated press was able to snap a picture, but so far, we have not been able to get our hands on any video. democrats getting a compliment from an unlikely source today as well
obama in 2008. he talked to my colleague chris jansing a short time ago about that bear hug. >> when he came in, he busted through my front door and said where's scott? from that moment on, it seemed like he was a long lost friend, and it was amazing. great connection. he came over, gave me a hug and that's when the bear hug happened. like i said, i was just so caught up in the moment, it was unbelievable. >>> and if you can't beat him, join him. president obama jumped on the...
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and you know, some talk about obama care, and i love that word, because obama does care what it means for the african-american community to have health care where they didn't visit before. it's important to them. so they know that we've got a listening ways to go. but they know that the president has been doing the kinds of things that are important to them to make their lives better. >> i'm sure the pennsylvania supreme court's decision on voter id this week has been a major focus at the cbc gathering. given all the news about the efforts to block the vote in various states this campaign season, how do you fight the temptation among some voters to just stay home given all the challenges they might face at the polls? >> what we do is remind them of what shoulders they stand on. individuals died so that they would stand on line and fight for the right to vote. and we cannot allow someone to take away that right. it's just amazing to me when you think about pennsylvania being one of those states and ohio being another state. >> true. >> i was listening to someone earlier today. those ar
and you know, some talk about obama care, and i love that word, because obama does care what it means for the african-american community to have health care where they didn't visit before. it's important to them. so they know that we've got a listening ways to go. but they know that the president has been doing the kinds of things that are important to them to make their lives better. >> i'm sure the pennsylvania supreme court's decision on voter id this week has been a major focus at the...
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the obama campaign is trying to woo on their side. take a look. >> president obama is leading the most successful crackdown on health care fraud ever, already recovered $4 billion from health care scams last year alone. to preserve medicare now and for the future. a commitment to medicare as personal as yours. >> so on the other side, the romney camp also out with a new ad called stories from the obama economy which accuses the president of trying to distract from what the team romney calls his failed record. they are also meant to counteract those obama reelection ads featuring american workers affected by bain. >> i had to file my own personal bankruptcy, had to close my business. >> i expected great things from the president when he was elected. and now it's just a feeling of disappointment that he hasn't been able to fulfill all of the things, all of the changes that he talked about. >> let's say good morning and bring in our political power panel for this wednesday. jamal simmons, s.e. cup as well as anne kornblut. great to see a
the obama campaign is trying to woo on their side. take a look. >> president obama is leading the most successful crackdown on health care fraud ever, already recovered $4 billion from health care scams last year alone. to preserve medicare now and for the future. a commitment to medicare as personal as yours. >> so on the other side, the romney camp also out with a new ad called stories from the obama economy which accuses the president of trying to distract from what the team...
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are we at the 8% obama promised? are we at the 6% his transition -- >> you're like lucy with the football talking about charlie brown. you continually move the football around. what are you holding the president -- the accord and the standards that you're holding him against? >> the beauty of this election, thomas, is that we get to hold the president accountable to the promises and the standards that he set. i mean, he's the one that said adding $4 trillion to the debt was unpatriotic. did he say that? >> yes. a president though -- >> how much was added in in his four years. jin >> i understand this is what you're paid to do, to come on and talk about what you'd like to see the republican party do within his nominee. let's get back on track with the republican party and governor romney -- >> i'll get on your track. go ahead. >> governor romney and how you think nationally he's going to do in a general election if he's having a hard time getting a unification and the effort needed, this swell of support, in primaries
are we at the 8% obama promised? are we at the 6% his transition -- >> you're like lucy with the football talking about charlie brown. you continually move the football around. what are you holding the president -- the accord and the standards that you're holding him against? >> the beauty of this election, thomas, is that we get to hold the president accountable to the promises and the standards that he set. i mean, he's the one that said adding $4 trillion to the debt was...
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obama wants to put it into obama care and a new entitlement for health care. whereas ryan wants to put us on a more sustainable fiscal path. that's a big difference. >> he wants to put us on a sustainable fiscal path, why won't he raise revenues? why doesn't his plan reduce the deficit? it doesn't deal with the debt that the republican plans have actually added on? paul ryan is the guy who voted for the tax cut that added trillions of of dollars to the debt. he voted for tarp. he voted for the automobile bailout. now he wants to be a deficit hog. it just doesn't add up. >> i hear your point. >> i think the american people can see through it. >> real quickly, i want to play something. take a look. >> i think we're either today going to escalate into nuclear war, duh this is not the campaign either candidates want but it's really escalated. >> are we watching a game of political chicken? >> i think so. only 80 some odd days left and that's what it's going to be from here on out. >> okay. erin mcpike, j.p. frair, and keith stick around. thanks to all three of you
obama wants to put it into obama care and a new entitlement for health care. whereas ryan wants to put us on a more sustainable fiscal path. that's a big difference. >> he wants to put us on a sustainable fiscal path, why won't he raise revenues? why doesn't his plan reduce the deficit? it doesn't deal with the debt that the republican plans have actually added on? paul ryan is the guy who voted for the tax cut that added trillions of of dollars to the debt. he voted for tarp. he voted...
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i didn't run on obama care light. i didn't run on allowing the death spiral of obama care to continue to subsidize it with taxpayer money. we're $500 billion in debt right now. there is no money to expand medicaid unless you want to raise taxes. we're cutting taxes, so you have to be honest with people. we're going to keep a lot of stuff that was in obama care. i think we can do better and i don't want to defeat it, i want to make it better. >> if you lose -- >> i think what will happen and the reason we're coming out now, is that now the discussion begins. but if the people that are in favor of the current bill know there is not 50 votes for it, perhaps the discussion will begin in easternest to make it better. >> are the challenges depicted the way you want. >> this is supposedly a draft. at the meeting this morning, everyone here said they were still open to changes. i think you only get changes if you show you have power to change it. >> i am a favor of reading the bills before i pass them, but i have legislation
i didn't run on obama care light. i didn't run on allowing the death spiral of obama care to continue to subsidize it with taxpayer money. we're $500 billion in debt right now. there is no money to expand medicaid unless you want to raise taxes. we're cutting taxes, so you have to be honest with people. we're going to keep a lot of stuff that was in obama care. i think we can do better and i don't want to defeat it, i want to make it better. >> if you lose -- >> i think what will...
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the bar for obama specifically. higher tonight than it was when he faced john mccain at his last town hall style debate four years ago and obama had to prove he was presidential at that time. and he accomplished that. take a listen. >> senator mccain in the last debate and today again suggested that i don't understand. it's true. there are some things i don't understand. i don't understand how we ended up invading a country that had nothing to do with 9/11 while osama bin laden and al qaeda are setting up base camps and safe havens to train wrists to attack us. >> whether that style and tone work tonight, as well? >> well, you know,ic that's a great moment for obama from that 2008 debate. but he has a very different job to do tonight. one of the things he has to do is really try to undo some of the damage that was done in that first debate by his weak performance. i'll be interested to see whether he acknowledges that, whether he makes a joke out of what happened the first time or in some way attempt to get beyond t
the bar for obama specifically. higher tonight than it was when he faced john mccain at his last town hall style debate four years ago and obama had to prove he was presidential at that time. and he accomplished that. take a listen. >> senator mccain in the last debate and today again suggested that i don't understand. it's true. there are some things i don't understand. i don't understand how we ended up invading a country that had nothing to do with 9/11 while osama bin laden and al...
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the obama ad caught heat for the vampire ad. does this ad open the door to vichl for drawing visuals like that? >> it shows the human consequence of the kind of decisions that mitt romney made in private industry. while his decisions were great at creating more wealth for himself and his partners, for guys like mike in that ad and donny box and pat wells the other folks in ads, it devastated their lives. while he may have done things very good for his own personal fortune, those kinds of decisions won't serve our country well. it doesn't make him a good president. it makes him somebody good at creating wealth despite the consequences. >> does it mean a capitalist can't be a good president? >> i think this is a different version of capitalism that most aren't familiar with. for mitt romney if he made an investment and it did well, he made money. if he made an investment and that company went bankrupt, he still made money. no matter what he was making money off of the misfortune of these folks who unfortunately lost their jobs or
the obama ad caught heat for the vampire ad. does this ad open the door to vichl for drawing visuals like that? >> it shows the human consequence of the kind of decisions that mitt romney made in private industry. while his decisions were great at creating more wealth for himself and his partners, for guys like mike in that ad and donny box and pat wells the other folks in ads, it devastated their lives. while he may have done things very good for his own personal fortune, those kinds of...